Another option is using rsync to copy all files to the other disk. This can be done with a temporary server storage if necessary. If you use the -a switch, it keeps permissions intact and works perfectly for Linux, not for Windows, but who uses that anyway? ;) Greetings! Erwin On Sunday 26 July 2009, Nergar wrote: > I think clonezilla could help you here. > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Dan McGee <dpmcgee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Will Siddall<will.siddall@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > I know this isn't particularly an arch question, but I know Arch > > > people are better off to ask then most. > > > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading my hard drive in my laptop but with > > > the amounts of customizations I've done to my setup, I don't want to > > > have to set it all up again. > > > > > > I know about running dd to copy the partition information, but the > > > problem with that is that it also copies that partition information > > > over. So, if I copy my root partition that started as a 40G partition > > > with 90% used and now I have a 60G parition, the used portion will be > > > kept at 90% so, it'll show something like 50G of data... which doesn't > > > make sense. > > > > What about a dd followed by using parted/gparted or whatever to resize > > things as necessary? They have a good LiveCD too that you should be > > able to use to get things copied and then resized. > > > > I think gparted even has built in support for copying partitions; not > > sure if it can do it across drives. > > > > -Dan
